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This study provides an analysis of the current level of integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in the region, with an emphasis on the institutional and policy environment. The analysis presented includes seven

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This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in the Pacific. For the purpose of this review, the Pacific is defined as including Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau

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This review provides an inventory of country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications

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A radio program has been put together by the State Disaster Coordinating Office along with the National Weather Service and the International Organization for Migration. This program will help the people in Yap to understand the importance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction...
Younis Art Studio - Marianas Variety
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Pacific small island states most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change will benefit from a new climate resilience project (worth €11.4 million) funded by the European Union and to be implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community over the next four years....
Pacific Community
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The notes and activities in the Survival Island kit take the issue of six major natural disasters in the Pacific to the classroom so students can relate to them and learn how to tackle them.

This educational kit was put together under the 'Reducing

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Representatives of ten Pacific governments will gather in Palau later this week to discuss how countries can increase their access to climate funds and use them sustainably and effectively deliver climate change adaptation initiatives. Learn more on disaster risk reduction investment at the Global Platform...
United Nations Development Programme - Pacific Centre
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The European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, and Pacific Islands partners will welcome a joint Action Plan on Climate Change during a High-Level Regional Conference on Climate Change taking place this week in Vanuatu. He will call for an increase of international support for the Small Islands, notably to Pacific Islands....
European Commission

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